Search Results: War & Military from Whiting Books

New York: David Lewis, 1969. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Very faint spotting to bottom-edge. 192 pages with Index, Notes, and an Annotated Bibliography..

Edison, New Jersey: Chartwell Books, 2007. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 320 pages with Individual Ship Sections and Index. Numerous illustrations in boith color and black and white..

Custer Battlefield Historical & Museum Association, 1985. Book. Illus. by Ralston, J.K., Maps by Richard Upton. Near Fine. Soft cover. 2nd Printing. Slight crease to rear cover. First-hand accounts about Custer, the events leading to the Battle of Little Big Horn and the battle itself by Custer's wife and soldiers who went on to fight and died with him and by those who survived him. 119 pages, illustrated, with bibliography and footnotes. Includes a two-page color reproduction of the painting, After the Battle..

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1977. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First US Edition. Very light wear to book; jacket shows wear at spine ends and corners. 437 pages with Index and illustrated with more than 480 black and white photos..

Washington, D.C.: The Jewish War Veterans of the United States, 1971. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering and decoration. Mild shelf wear and darkened area on the front pastedown where it appears a bookplate was removed. The dust jacket has several short edge tears and is protected now in a Mylar archival sleeve..

Raleigh, North Carolina: Pentland Press, Inc., 1993. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 177 pages with Appendix and Epilogue. Black and white photos. Publisher's press release for the book tucked inside the rear cover. The author recounts 30 years of service in the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Army Air Force, and the U.S. Air Force during World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. He also writes about his service in "The Company," the C.I.A., during the Vietnam War. Mehring has signed the book to fellow Vietnam War veteran and China Post 1 commander, Fred Platt, who was a combat pilot with the Ravens, a covert operation in conjunction with the C.I.A. The inscription reads: "Fred Platt China Post 1 from the first American enlisted man wounded in the Korean War who later flew for Air America. Jim Mehring 5-31-97.".

Republica Argentina: Círculo Militar, 1994. Book. Illus. by Guillermo Roux. Fine. Soft cover. Publication date not indicated, but OCLC WorldCat database states 1994. Portfolio of thirty-six illustrated loose leaves, preceded by 18 pages (numbered 5-17), as follows: Title page and Introduction by Osiris Guillermo Villegas, President of Círculo Militar (publisher), both of which are unnumbered, and the following numbered (5-17) pages: (about the artist) Guillermo Roux mas alla del tema, por Albino Dieguez Videla; and a section containing a history and description of each illustrated uniform-Historia y descripcion de los uniformes militares, por el Profesor Julio M. Luqui Lagleyze. Each sheet in the portfolio is 12.25 X 16 inches. Clean and in fine condition. The portfolio slipcase has some scratches and rubbing to the extremities..

New York: The Polish Publication Society of America, Inc., 1970. Book. Illus. by Michael Schinski. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed and Signed By Author. First Edition. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Previous owner address label on front pastedown. Jacket has very light wear at the spine ends and corners and a few tiny edge tears. Protected now in a new archival Mylar cover. Released on the 25th anniversary of the end of World War II, this is a story of the Polish Underground resistance to the German invasion during World War II. It is based on the personal story of a participant related to the author. Fictitious names have been used. The author has inscribed this copy to a previous owner of the book and dated it December 23, 1971. A note to another reader is laid in from the previous owner in the inscription..

London: Almark Publications, 1972. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Light shelf wear and previous owner name to front free endpaper. Jacket rubbed and discolored on the rear panel. Protected now in a new Mylar cover. 88 pages with Appendixes for chronology of events and further reading. Not intened as a biography, but rather "a basis for study of Napoleon's life and career set against the events he directly influenced.".